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The Tagalog language consists of words that hardly mean anything of substance

March 22, 2016 Add 94 Comments

Tagalog is a derivative of the Malay languages as Bahasa Indonesia and Bahasia Malaysia are. They are languages of experiences and emotions. They are NOT languages of the MIND as English, Spanish, German, French, etc, which are derivatives of Latin, are. Latin, in turn, derives its concept from Ancient Greek, which of course found its…

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3 Traits Of The Aquino Family That Mirror Pinoy Dysfunction

March 18, 2016March 18, 2016 Grimwald 24 Comments

There’s been quite a bit of talk after Kris Aquino recently announced that she will be leaving the country soon. Of course, this isn’t exactly the first time she has threatened to leave the country and, as a matter of fact, has done so countless times in the past. Just to name a few, she…

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A Sermon On The Hypocrisies Of The Aquinos And Other Celebrities

November 22, 2015 Grimwald 7 Comments

This is written in response to all those supporters of the Aquino family who keep telling their critics that “they’ve done a lot” for the common people. In all honesty, as much as I’d like to respect other people’s opinions and as much as I hate having to lecture people in a quasi-religious manner, I think…

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Even for the stars life begins at 40!

November 12, 2015 Jelen 4 Comments

They say life begins at 40. This may be the case for these 3 beautiful Filipina actresses who all have one thing in common, they are all working mothers who are currently not married. Ruffa Gutierrez and Kris Aquino marriages ended in annulment and the only woman who has not walked down the altar is…

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3 Reasons Why The Philippines Needs Better Role Models

October 30, 2015 Grimwald 18 Comments

I think I remember mentioning that culture certainly plays a part in one’s morality or in the perception thereof. This idea was espoused by none other than Chinese Philosopher Confucius himself, in case you want to know. But now, I have to ask the question, how can we ever hope to solve our dysfunctions as a nation…

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3 Things We Should Learn From Imee Marcos

October 14, 2015October 14, 2015 Grimwald 26 Comments

After reading Benign0’s article about Imee Marcos and reading the comments included on the article, I cannot help but make a reactionary article. Just so you know, before I continue, I want to make it abundantly clear that I’m not playing favorites here. I’m writing this not because of political favor but because I cannot help but agree…

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Youth in the Philippines suffer from a lack of good role models

July 20, 2015 benign0 69 Comments

Michelle Alfonso and Janet Ricabo, the “Pabebe” Girls, rose to fame a couple of weeks back after a video they uploaded onto the Net, what else, went “viral”. The video wasn’t much of a production piece. It was just a rant clip with two young teenage girls asserting their right to be who they are….

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On Maria Ozawa and Philippine Sexuality

July 9, 2015July 9, 2015 Grimwald 4 Comments

Well, the Maria Ozawa fever is starting to really rise what with the hype with her upcoming film with Filipino action star Robin Padilla which will be entitled Nilalang. Her rising popularity in the Philippines can be seen with the many parody articles involving both her and so-called “Queen of All Media” Kris Aquino. While most…

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